1911 J Bowles, Range of Certain Birds on the Pacific Slope. 169 



NOTES EXTENDING THE RANGE OF CERTAIN BIRDS 

 ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



BY J. H. BOWLES. 



After a careful study of the new A. O. U. Check-List it seems 

 to me probable that the following notes may be of interest to the 

 readers of ' The Auk.' 



All observations in the State of Washington were made in the 

 western part of the State, mostly near Tacoma and Seattle in the 

 vicinity of Puget Sound. The northeastern part of the State is 

 represented by specimens from the vicinity of Newport, a small 

 town near the Idaho border, which, together with those taken near 

 Lake Chelan, make up the greater part of the records mentioned 

 for the east side of the Cascade Mountains. A number of the 

 Washington records appeared in the 'Birds of Washington,' by 

 Dawson and Bowles. 



The Santa Barbara, Cal., records, unless otherwise stated, were 

 all based on specimens personally collected by myself. All speci- 

 mens, unless otherwise stated, were prepared by myself and the 

 identification made positive through the kindness of Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher and Mr. H. C. Oberholser. 



In my Santa Barbara work, I wish also to acknowledge here 

 the unremitting efforts of Mr. Watson Snyder and Mr. E. S. 

 Spaulding, who have spared no pains in locating new birds. 



Marbled Murrelet (Brachy ram phus mar moratus). — Given in 

 the Check-List as breeding " south to Vancouver Island." 



These birds are regular residents on Puget Sound throughout 

 the year, though less abundant in summer than in winter. In the 

 w T aters surrounding Fox Island, a small island situated in the sound 

 about ten miles from Tacoma, three or four to a dozen of these 

 murrelets may be found any day during the summer. Although 

 I have never heard of a nest being found, the additional fact that 

 immature birds appear with the old ones during June makes it 

 appear probable that they breed in the vicinity. From all that I 

 can learn this is about as good evidence as we have concerning 

 most of the breeding localities of this species. 



